Door seal



March 1931- s. R RAMSAY 1,797,839

DOOR SEAL Filed Oct. '7, 1929 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 T 5. r J INVENTOR.

54/1051. Foes F am-r4 L I ATTORNEYS.

"Patented Mar. 24,1931 I I. I g V umr s-r'rs' PATENT SAMUEL ROBERT RAMSAY, or snm acnuz, cannon-MA noon Application filed October 7, regs Serial No. seams,

Thepresent invention relates to improveframe 3, suitable stops 4being-provided in-the ments 1n door seals, and its principal object is conventional manner against which the door to provide a seal for the bottom of a door for rests when held in'closed position. "The door preventlng draft from passing through the may swing from the full lineposition shown p ning below the door. in Figure 2' into the dotted-line position 55 In building construction as practiced at the shown "in dottedlinesinithe same figure; present time, itis customary to leave consid- My invention more'particularly comprises erable space between the bottom of the door asealing strip 5 of suitable widthand thick; and the fioorso as to allow the door to clear a ness and of a length corresponding substanrug or carpet lying in the adjacent room when tiallytOthe widthofthe door op ening-ais de- 60 the door is opened. fined by the two stops 4. T-his sealingstrip It is the object of the present-Invention to ispreferab'ly provided with a groove '6 iiiits provide a sealing means or draft strip in conbottom adapted to receive a strip of fel't or nection with a door that will move into active similar material 'indicated at7. position so as to furnish an effective seal "The seali'ngstrip is "supported relative :to 65 when the door is closed and that will move the door by meanslo-f two springs 8', each automatically into inactive position for alcomprising a vertioal member Qhe'ldina clip lowing the door to clear a rug when the door 10' fastened to-the face o f theid'oorjby means is opened. of screws {1:1 andjanarm 12} extending down- It is further proposed in connection with ward inla islantingdirection, the arm being 7 the present'invention to provide means for offsetasshown at' 13to oleartl1'e strip 5 and moving the strip one way or the other that beingbentat its extreme end as shown at 114. will become actlve automatically upon the Thelatterend isreceived'inasocket:15 emopening or closing of the door. bedded the surface ofith 'e' sealing strip;

Further objects and advantages of my in- The lower end of thelverticallmeinber 9 is 75 vention will appear as the specification propreferably bent at .rightlangles and is re ceeds. ceived inaso'cket lfi initheclipslO' forprevenir The preferred form of my invention 1s 1 1- ing turning and irisihg movements of the lustrated in the accompanying drawing, 1n ve tical 'embe g ofth i g which Theitension cofthetwosprings issuch as Figure 1 shows a door in closed position tonormally ho'ld the-cs'ealingstrip;in.inactive with my sealing strip attached thereto, 7 position thatis,fiushwithithezbottomc,ofithe Figure 2 a horizontal section taken along 'door so that .thezla'tter may .ole,ar a rugor line 22 of Figure 1, carpet and also vsubstantially flush with ;the'

Figure 3 a view of the door in open posiinner ohhing'ededgeof thefdoorascshownin tion, 7 Figure ;As the doorl is closed,';the;inner Figure 4 a vertical fragmentary section endof thestripstrikes;the stop iand thestrip taken along line 44 of Figure 1, and v is moved -forward alongth -tace rane door Figure 5 an enlarged detail view of a toward-the outer edge ,an d'finto midway mounting means for a spring used in my deposition". 1 outward movement of the vi t ip ii a mpan e iby' ad wnwer Jee While I have shown only the preferred ment due to the action'pfthespring arms S, form of the invention, Iwish to have it underand this downwardmovement is s uflicientvto stood that various changes or modifications bringthe bottom of the strip ,of felt 7 into 45 may be made within the scope of the claims contact with th elfioorso thata pertect seal hereto attached without departing from the is obtained; c spirit of the invention. V YVhen the ,dooris opened the spring arms Referring to the drawings in detail, my in- 8 automatically m ove'the strip toward the vention is illustrated in connection with a inner edge j offthe fjrloor', and this movement '50 door 1 hingedly secured as at 2 to the door is accompanied" arising of the strip which causes the latter to clear any rug or carpet that would normally be cleared by the door.

It should be understood that the springs 8 may be made in many different forms as long as they perform the essential function of moving the strip inwardly when the door is opened and of at the same time raising the strip into inactive position while allowing the strip toreturn to an active position under the impact of the closing door.

It should be further understood that while in the drawing my sealing strip is shown as applied to the face of the door, it might as well be accommodated in a slot in the bottom of the door if it is desired to conceal the working mechanism. N

I claim: I

1. In combination, a swingable supporting member, a sealing strip and spring means holding the. strip to the member with freedom of swinging motion. between sealing and nonsealing positions, the said spring means being made to also urge the sealing strip toward the face of the member.

2. In combination, a swingable supporting member, a sealing strip and spring means, holding the strip to the member with freedom of swinging motionbetween sealing and nonsealing positions, the spring means bearing on the face of the strip for urging the strip toward the supporting member.

3. In combination, a door, a sealing strip and spring means holding the'strip to the door with freedom of swinging motion between sealing and non-sealing positions, the said spring means being made to urge the sealing strip toward the face of the door.

4:. In combination, a swingable supporting member, a sealing strip and spring means holding the strip to the member with freedom of swinging motion between sealing and non-sea1ing positions, the spring means comprising a spring wire having a vertical section adapted for fastening to the supporting member, an intermediate section extending from the upper end of the vertical section in a downwardly slanting direction over the sealing strip and a horizontal end section adapted to be received in a socket in the strip.

'5'. In combination, a swingable supporting member, a sealing strip and spring means holding the strip to the member with freedom of swinging motion between sealing and non-sealing positions, the spring means comprising a spring' wire having a vertical section adapted for fastening to the supporting member, an intermediate section extending from the upper endof the vertical'section in a downwardly slantingdirection over the sealing strip anda horizontal end section adapted to be received in a socket in the strip, the vertical section terminating in a transverse finger having means for holding the same to the face of the supporting member.

6. A wire spring of the character described comprising a vertical section having a horizontal finger at its lower end, an intermediate section extending from the upper end of the vertical section in a downwardly slanting position, and a horizontal end section running at right angles to the finger.

SAMUEL ROBERT RAMSAY. 

